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'Collateral Damage': US Planes Rain Death on the Innocent

Author

Rory McCarthy in Kabul - Guardian, UK

Date Created

01 Dec 2001

Date Edited

04 Dec 2001

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The deep craters and pieces of shrapnel indicate that America's weapon of choice in Kabul was the Mark 82 500lb bomb, which is designed to be guided to its target by the pilot, a nearby observation plane or a spotter on the ground. But there was nothing accurate about the 500lb bomb which fell on Bibi Mahru.